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german chancellor merkel's but the idea of more sanctions from moscow despite the country's business leaders are urging him not to follow washington's lead their point is that the u.s. doesn't have relatively much to lose its trade with russia reached only twenty seven billion dollars last year while the figure for europe is four hundred ten billion according to government and business consultant crystal horst or any further restrictions will hurt all sides. nobody in the game can afford any of these things since they will hurt both germany for example is the biggest part of russia and russia is the biggest energy part of the whole europe so what's the use of anything since washington's idea in the europeans are not very much for that and that means that there is a disquiet now a disagreement between the u.s. and the european union even if they come up with the same kind of sanctions right now. how far is the west ready to go well for more on the odds of broader economic sanctions been imposed check out r.t. dot com we'll try and find some answers for you. according cairo sentenced a
german chancellor merkel's but the idea of more sanctions from moscow despite the country's business leaders are urging him not to follow washington's lead their point is that the u.s. doesn't have relatively much to lose its trade with russia reached only twenty seven billion dollars last year while the figure for europe is four hundred ten billion according to government and business consultant crystal horst or any further restrictions will hurt all sides. nobody in the game can afford any of...
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i think the president's recent meeting with german chancellor angela merkel produced almost nothing in terms of closer allied agreement. i think putin has had the high cards. he still has them. >> so putin basically has a green light? >> well, he has an implicit green light. he doesn't think that the sanctions that have been imposed so far are enough to slow him down. he doesn't see any concerted effort by the west to come to the ukraine interim government's defense, and while i think his objective fundamentally is to either delegitimize the upcoming presidential elections later this month or if he could win th them, he's also got a plan "b" and it looks like that may be more what is happening which is partitioning the country again, as in crimea, stirring up opposition in the eastern and southern parts and taking those parts into russia. >> you talk about a concerted effort by the west to help ukraine and calling for that. there's a bill calling for $100 million in direct aid. sending mres, not sending any lethal weapon, not arming the ukrainians. should we arm them? >> well, i think
i think the president's recent meeting with german chancellor angela merkel produced almost nothing in terms of closer allied agreement. i think putin has had the high cards. he still has them. >> so putin basically has a green light? >> well, he has an implicit green light. he doesn't think that the sanctions that have been imposed so far are enough to slow him down. he doesn't see any concerted effort by the west to come to the ukraine interim government's defense, and while i...
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against russia german chancellor angela merkel and his prime minister shinzo which together in berlin this week both declaring industrial powers would unite together on the approach to sanctions this follows president obama's visit to japan where he reaffirmed his support in its rao audience with china meanwhile moscow house arrest and to retaliate against foreign energy companies if sanctions are heightened but if the german and japanese leaders all chill on between punishing russia offer what they see as the a low for addicts of carmina on the protection of their economies especially and supplies from russia so first of all let's get to the f. he said to all of it all going to go to where our correspondent peter all of us is waiting for us so peter tell me you obviously we can see that what is the feeling there amongst the the business community in particular. well the business community of given anglo-american a clear message and that message is no further sanctions we've heard in the past week from some of the real heavyweights in the german corporate world the likes of be a s.f.
against russia german chancellor angela merkel and his prime minister shinzo which together in berlin this week both declaring industrial powers would unite together on the approach to sanctions this follows president obama's visit to japan where he reaffirmed his support in its rao audience with china meanwhile moscow house arrest and to retaliate against foreign energy companies if sanctions are heightened but if the german and japanese leaders all chill on between punishing russia offer what...
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since president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against here the sponsor and in controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also showed full support for kiev's crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order. can the washington d.c. we'll be tracking the calls all the ongoing developments in southeastern ukraine throughout the night here on our t.v. coming up after the break britain's health service is running a financial fever we are warning to the government about how cuts could be putting lives at risk. middle east. peace process. to build a new. mission to teach me. to care about. why you should care. of the morning or in the u.k. you know britain's national health service could find itself on the cash flow critical list as soon as next year a leading health care think tank says the government urgently needs to inject extra cash but instead leaders are committed to cuts in all of the same some twenty billion
since president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against here the sponsor and in controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also showed full support for kiev's crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order. can the washington d.c. we'll be tracking the calls all the ongoing developments in southeastern ukraine...
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yes president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against here that sponsored and controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also tried for support for kiev crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order. political analysts in the province joins us now live for some more comment on know what's going on in syria more broadly as well hi there thanks for being with us a lot of denouncement as we've been hearing there from the west and from washington about what's gone on since friday particularly but stopping short of actually mentioning the people actually thought responsible for carrying it out why do you think. well that's because those are the people that are being sponsored by the west it's very simple. their radicals are able and allowed to do whatever they want . when it comes to condoms citizens trying to just protect their rights equal rights. and those are the ones that are supposedly instigating the viole
yes president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against here that sponsored and controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also tried for support for kiev crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order. political analysts in the province joins us now live for some more comment on know what's going on in syria more broadly...
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since president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against cuba sponsored and controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also showed full support for keeps crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order now there's further fighting in eastern ukraine on the army's attack to the city of qom a tourist which is one of the hot bads events a key of sentiment gunshots can be heard in several areas as armored personnel carriers roll through the city. the latest reports say the army has managed to control most of the city with and some i don forces keeping hold of just one central square also at least three people are thought to have been killed in the fighting our disposal here is in the area. well the ukrainian military is evonne sink further into the town of qana tosk we're hearing that they're trying to reach the city center this is information that eyewitnesses have been telling us as well as kids interior minister h
since president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against cuba sponsored and controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also showed full support for keeps crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order now there's further fighting in eastern ukraine on the army's attack to the city of qom a tourist which is one of the hot...
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angela merkel is here in the u.s. to talk about the situation in ukraine, and what the west can do to try to change the behavior of russian president vladimir putin, and that was what the majority of this press conference today was about on this beautiful spring day in washington. but, watch this. watch the question that president obama got from one of the foreign news agencies that was there to cover the press conference. and that the president called on today. watch this. >> earlier this week an inmate died in oklahoma in what critics have called an inhumane manner because of a seemingly botched execution. human right groups put the united states in the dubious company of china, iran and saudi arabia when it comes to the primitive executions. some countries have expressed their concerns, as well. what are your thoughts on this, and does this raise more questions about u.s. justice and your reputation? >> i don't imagine that president obama was expecting to get a question on that today. especially not from a foreign
angela merkel is here in the u.s. to talk about the situation in ukraine, and what the west can do to try to change the behavior of russian president vladimir putin, and that was what the majority of this press conference today was about on this beautiful spring day in washington. but, watch this. watch the question that president obama got from one of the foreign news agencies that was there to cover the press conference. and that the president called on today. watch this. >> earlier...
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throughout this process president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against cuba sponsored and controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also showed full support for kids crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order. who is a senior lecturer of international relations at moscow state university things the western political heavyweight have the ice case to the real cause of the chaos in ukraine they will continue to blame russia as being responsible for this for destabilizing the situation in the ukraine by their view they had a right to destabilize the situation in ukraine a few months ago and helped bring this puts regime to power with the euro my down riots but now russia although there is no evidence they claim has no right to destabilize the situation in the rest of these radicals have not been stopped by the government because they are doing the business of this government these brownshirts paramilitaries are
throughout this process president obama spoke early after his meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and basically dismissed the whole protest against cuba sponsored and controlled by russia and put the responsibility for the escalation on moscow alone president obama also showed full support for kids crackdown on the protests in the east of ukraine he called it a move to restore order. who is a senior lecturer of international relations at moscow state university things the western...
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angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and a blunt instrument but also there is no other choice. not a lot of other alternatives. politics are flawed, too. germany is russia's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look over the period of time since russia went into crimea and since we have imposed sanctions. there has been a substantial deterioration in rush's already weak economy. we see and the stock exchange on the exchange rate. they were downgraded to one notch above junk. the rationale on the bond rating wa
angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and a blunt instrument but also there is no other choice. not a lot of other alternatives. politics are flawed, too. germany is russia's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of...
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and we'll have dan coates here had who dinner with angela merkel. and the soup of the day is lobster and crab bisque at the stockton inn in new jersey. we'll be right back. ♪ thoughtful combinations, artfully prepared. fancy feast elegant medleys. inspired dishes like primavera, florentine and tuscany. fancy feast. a medley of love, served daily. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about two weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects
and we'll have dan coates here had who dinner with angela merkel. and the soup of the day is lobster and crab bisque at the stockton inn in new jersey. we'll be right back. ♪ thoughtful combinations, artfully prepared. fancy feast elegant medleys. inspired dishes like primavera, florentine and tuscany. fancy feast. a medley of love, served daily. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive, i had to do something. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age....
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merkel tried to make that clear. it was embarrassing. there are a few other politicians who were at the event, current politicians. and they have spoken out in the media. they said it's better for us to go there and talk to putin than told to isolate him. they say keeping these channels of communication open is really important in a crisis like this. they say they were lobbying for the release of the observers detained in eastern ukraine at the moment. so, it's kind of a mixed bag on that. you know, the photo caused outrage. it was hugely embarrassing but these politicians defend themselves by saying if we don't talk to putin, we are never going to find a solution. >> harriet tory joins us from berlin. >> the original world with a 2 factory where rosie the riveter has been saved. we told you how dozen ofs of women were rolling up their sleeves. the plant was supposed to be demolished. activists and rosees managed to go win $8 million to convert it into a myselfem. >> it was a plant which was racially integrated, unionized and where men a
merkel tried to make that clear. it was embarrassing. there are a few other politicians who were at the event, current politicians. and they have spoken out in the media. they said it's better for us to go there and talk to putin than told to isolate him. they say keeping these channels of communication open is really important in a crisis like this. they say they were lobbying for the release of the observers detained in eastern ukraine at the moment. so, it's kind of a mixed bag on that. you...
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angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and a blunt instrument but also there is no other choice. not a lot of other alternatives. politics are flawed, too. germany is russia's's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of congress when it came to sanctions and at russia and the wealthy individuals linked to president putin. [video clip] >> if you look at the impact on russia's economy, it is misleading to look at what happens day by day. you have to look over the period of time since russia went into crimea and since we have imposed sanctions. there has been a substantial deterioration in rush's already weak economy. we see and the stock exchange on the exchange rate. they were downgraded to one notch above junk. what the rationale on the bond ra
angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and a blunt instrument but also there is no other choice. not a lot of other alternatives. politics are flawed, too. germany is russia's's largest trading partner in the eu. they have more economic interest in the u.s. and its owing to be hard to pressure russia and a major way unless the europeans are willing to play. host: let me share what jack lew told members of...
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later, chancellor merkel speaks at the u.s. chamber of commerce about u.s. german relations and the significance of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span's newest book "sundays at 8:00," a collection of interviews of some of the best storytellers. >> at the beginning of a war -- you are afraid of holding the gun but when we went into the first battle and we fought, and i shot somebody, it does something to you. -- it is very difficult in the beginning. after time went on, it became easy. it became normalized. in the context of war, you normalize the situation so you can live through it because if you don't, you actually die. >> ishmael beah, one of the unique voices from 25 years of our book notes and "q&a" number stations. the book is now available at your favorite bookseller. >> now, arkansas senator mark pryor on this week positive in his home state. he spoke on the senate floor for 20 minutes. ou, madam president. i come today with a psalm and a story. the psalm i want to read is one of the most nameo
later, chancellor merkel speaks at the u.s. chamber of commerce about u.s. german relations and the significance of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span's newest book "sundays at 8:00," a collection of interviews of some of the best storytellers. >> at the beginning of a war -- you are afraid of holding the gun but when we went into the first battle and we fought, and i shot somebody, it does something to you. -- it is...
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during merkel's visit in two thousand and eleven. us president obama seemed in control of the foreign policy front. thanks to a decisive lead intervention. now they're both talking conservative cross fire allegedly too hesitant to recruit new news clips that i am very very disappointed in with both us and european level of pushback on russia they have tried to be measured and each time goodness spurned their generosity and gone further and i think they mowed both psychologically personally now may be it a point. they might be ready to do something. military intervention by the west seems unthinkable. the only scenario to ramp up the pressure sanctions against all sectors of the russian economy the situation in ukraine is threatening to overshadow her goals and targets the school board at the chance to speak at the u s chamber of commerce about a more positive issue. the planned free trade agreement between the us and eu the friends of the potentially biggest free trade area in the world are hoping that merkel's visit will be imposed
during merkel's visit in two thousand and eleven. us president obama seemed in control of the foreign policy front. thanks to a decisive lead intervention. now they're both talking conservative cross fire allegedly too hesitant to recruit new news clips that i am very very disappointed in with both us and european level of pushback on russia they have tried to be measured and each time goodness spurned their generosity and gone further and i think they mowed both psychologically personally now...
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and also close to rug president vladimir putin, talked to him today, how important is angle merkel in this process? >> she is critical to any european response. there needs to be a transatlantic, response, and in fact, i would argue proactive steps not even just responding but on the european side of the relationship, germany is the key player. let me talk a little bit about the state department told us earlier this week, that there in juneson with the e.u., but you know, there are real erequests about whether or not germany and the united states and the e.u. are all together on this, what do you think. >> right. >> i think you have to look at it in difference pieces. in terms of the analysis, this is clear russian aggression against a neighbor, intervening militarily, we have exactly the same analysis. the difference is begin to come up is what do you do about it. the quite is willing to go down the road of very tough sanctions against them in order to create some pain on the russian economy. and putin directly to get him to want to change the policies. >> what else -- >> go ahead. >
and also close to rug president vladimir putin, talked to him today, how important is angle merkel in this process? >> she is critical to any european response. there needs to be a transatlantic, response, and in fact, i would argue proactive steps not even just responding but on the european side of the relationship, germany is the key player. let me talk a little bit about the state department told us earlier this week, that there in juneson with the e.u., but you know, there are real...
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. >> they have a lot of energy, germany, angela merkel one of her big problems is that her country really likes the energy coming out of russia. >> that's true. it's up to the united states and the west. we have plenty of energy resources. all we have to do is start using them intelligently. and reduce the dependency of western europe on russian gas. >> see, i see it as even a larger issue in that, you know, while all the focus is on ukraine and what he is doing there is that last year when president obama drew the red line with syria and that back fired and he sort of outsourced and ling the chemical weapons in syria to putin, putin then was supposedly going to help us. now we hear that there is chlorine gas used about a month ago against civilians. it sounds like either we are foolish or there has been some double dealing or whatever. i see that sort of inroads in syria and a bigger problem for israel and sort of expanding in the region. that's what i see is even a larger issue. >> it's even bigger thansrki that in my view. the problem is you you know you can -- if you go back through
. >> they have a lot of energy, germany, angela merkel one of her big problems is that her country really likes the energy coming out of russia. >> that's true. it's up to the united states and the west. we have plenty of energy resources. all we have to do is start using them intelligently. and reduce the dependency of western europe on russian gas. >> see, i see it as even a larger issue in that, you know, while all the focus is on ukraine and what he is doing there is that...
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by the way, german chancellor angela merkel will meet with president obama at the white house later this week. on monday, russia's defense minister assured chuck hagel that russia will not invade ukraine. ukraine's acting president urged lawmakers today in kiev to quickly adopt a new constitution he says could preserve unity. militants continue to hold dozens of hostages, including seven military observers. on monday evening there were violent clashes in donetsk after the militia attacked demonstrators during a unity rally. jim maceda was at that rally and joins us live from donetsk. jim, you have been covering this from the beginning and it appears as though the violence, the tension continues to just escalate. is that a fair assessment? >> reporter: yeah, kristen, i would say that the fair assessment is that this region is always teetering on violence. it's on the edge of anarchy and it could go either way. you referred to the demonstration last night. we were there, as you said. it started out very peacefully in downtown donetsk. this was not a group of neo-nazis as all the russian st
by the way, german chancellor angela merkel will meet with president obama at the white house later this week. on monday, russia's defense minister assured chuck hagel that russia will not invade ukraine. ukraine's acting president urged lawmakers today in kiev to quickly adopt a new constitution he says could preserve unity. militants continue to hold dozens of hostages, including seven military observers. on monday evening there were violent clashes in donetsk after the militia attacked...
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merkel also voiced concern. the german chancellor held crisis talks with the polish counterpart and spoke on the phone to other western leaders. >> russia has the ability to put the separatist on the peaceful path. debating the constitution and preparing for elections. no indication of them doing that. several former soviet country offered to mediate in the crisis as russia continued to build up its military along ukraine's border. thousands of portuguese turned out to mark the 40th anniversary of the countries carnation revolution. in 1974, a military coup turned into a popular uprising. it paved the way for democracy and portugal which had been ruled by dictators since the 1930's. aftervolution was named the carnations that people stop into the barrels of soldiers guns on that landmark day. that was the week inó?ó?ó?ó?ó?
merkel also voiced concern. the german chancellor held crisis talks with the polish counterpart and spoke on the phone to other western leaders. >> russia has the ability to put the separatist on the peaceful path. debating the constitution and preparing for elections. no indication of them doing that. several former soviet country offered to mediate in the crisis as russia continued to build up its military along ukraine's border. thousands of portuguese turned out to mark the 40th...
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of great interest to me because i just read that little quick in the china daily news about angela merkel not letting ping go to the holocaust site because of abe's position, and how much do they really dislake the japanese? >> the cold war line if your attacked by germany and russia, who do you shoot first? the answer was, germany, business before pleasure. not a very nice cold war story. >> ooh! >> that's hard to -- obviously these attitudes go way back and are very deep and action sir bait -- exacerbated by world war ii and nobody has been prepared to tell the entire truth about, forth ruthly in the region so it does have an overhang i think matters quite a lot. it means that the koreans and others are
of great interest to me because i just read that little quick in the china daily news about angela merkel not letting ping go to the holocaust site because of abe's position, and how much do they really dislake the japanese? >> the cold war line if your attacked by germany and russia, who do you shoot first? the answer was, germany, business before pleasure. not a very nice cold war story. >> ooh! >> that's hard to -- obviously these attitudes go way back and are very deep and...
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i think -- i would like to hear what angle a merkel has to say much more than what the obama administration has to say. they're also going along with small targeted sanctions, but the stakes are a lot higher for europeans. russia's strength with europe is ten times russia's strength with the u.s. >> schieffer: he could also cut off the gas. >> he could cut off the gas and that might not seem as much of a problem as we go into spring and summer but come into winter he has the ability to make it very, very cold indeed, especially northern europe. so they, i think, would like to take little baby steps along the way and hope that that will have an impact. they seem to be comfortable with the americans going harder and harsher, but i don't think that that will change putin's calculus. yes, the russian stock market is down. yes, the -- it hasn't changed putin's posture a notch. so it's going to take something of the order of getting russians out of swift which is this interbanking deal that allows banks to trade currencies with each other. if you take russia out of that union, then all of russia'
i think -- i would like to hear what angle a merkel has to say much more than what the obama administration has to say. they're also going along with small targeted sanctions, but the stakes are a lot higher for europeans. russia's strength with europe is ten times russia's strength with the u.s. >> schieffer: he could also cut off the gas. >> he could cut off the gas and that might not seem as much of a problem as we go into spring and summer but come into winter he has the ability...
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further is the fact that as the german chancellor angela merkel said she thinks putin is divorced from reality. that's a huge danger here. yopg he would make an end run for kiev. however, nato told us he could invade and take over eastern ukraine in three to five days. they are not ready to take on the russian military. we have a piece about all the reasons that putin should not want to go into ukraine, including the fact that the insurgency will cost lives. that doesn't mean putin will be dissuaded from invasion of eastern ukraine for those reasons. >> this is what we learn about putin. he's not a rational, logical guy. he's not thinking about the interests of his own people. he's thinking about the elite. his government, and him staying in power. this is how he's been reasoning. and if you read any of the books about even george w. bush, days of fire, and there's a quote by george w. bush himself who said, you know, i don't understand this guy. he seems like -- i thought that he was a liberator. you know, he's showing a side of him as if he is more and more a dictator. if he takes ea
further is the fact that as the german chancellor angela merkel said she thinks putin is divorced from reality. that's a huge danger here. yopg he would make an end run for kiev. however, nato told us he could invade and take over eastern ukraine in three to five days. they are not ready to take on the russian military. we have a piece about all the reasons that putin should not want to go into ukraine, including the fact that the insurgency will cost lives. that doesn't mean putin will be...